System vs Rebirth

After giving Elaine some food, Jessi waited until the heavy rain stopped before leaving Elaine alone.

Because of what she had done, Elaine's will to survive increased. However, her willpower alone wouldn't be enough.

The fatigue had caught up to her. In addition, the cold had become even more severe.

The voice of the people kept ringing in her head, her body became extremely weak, and her breath was unstable.

She looked like she was about to collapse soon. The hot sun couldn't be compared to the hot temperature of her body.

"Ha… Ha…" Elaine panted a few times. Her body started convulsing. Hunger and thirst might not have been a problem anymore, but her consciousness had become fuzzy.

'This is not good. I still have to continue.'

Elaine kept muttering inwardly, trying to persist as much as possible. But after grueling seven days, she passed out.

…

Two hours later.

Elaine opened her eyes, looking an unfamiliar ceiling.

'Mhmm? Aren't I supposed to be looking at the ground?' Elaine thought before snapping. She hurriedly rose from the bed and looked around, realizing that she was inside a house. And Jessi was in front of her, taking care of her. "What…"

"You passed out. Don't move too much for now. Your fever is still severe."

"What have you done? I have to go back! My family is at stake." Elaine tried to jump off the bed, but Jessi stopped her. "At least rest for a bit. It's been seven days, so the lord shouldn't be coming back soon."

Elaine wanted to refute, but the word stuck in her throat. Instead, she changed it into another question. "Why do you help me? Do you know that you'll be in trouble if you help me? I have done a lot of bad things to your territory!"

"It's your family, right? Not you personally." Jessi shook her head helplessly. "Besides, how foolish are you… If you want to repent, you should live on instead of dying. Death is just an escape. If you feel bad for people, you should spend your life making them happy. That's just my own thought… I think the nobles can't understand such a simple thing."

"That's… not true." Elaine bit her lips.

Looking at her grunted expression, Jessi stood up. "I won't stop you from going back, but eat something first."

Jessi went to the back to grab some food, leaving Elaine alone.

Elaine was contemplating. She had looked down on the people because they were uneducated or their lives were cheap. But because of Jessi, she thought she was the one imposing her own ideal on them.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a lot of time to think about it as the outside was bustling with people.

"…coming!"

"The Lord…"

"…coming!"

Elaine couldn't help but hear some voices from the outside. She raised her head, wondering why it suddenly became too noisy.

"The Lord is coming!"

kneeling in front of the mansion. In addition, if she stayed here, Jessi would be implicated

rushed outside, forgetting the fact that she hadn't changed

she

the mansion barefoot, trying to reach the spot before

the mansion, Noel was already waiting

if noticing her presence, Noel

locked onto each other, Elaine immediately kneeled once again, her

here?" Noel asked while

didn't know what to say. Her

"Don't tell me. There is

one hand, if she protected Jessi, her family would be destroyed. On the other hand, if she abandoned Jessi, it wouldn't change the fact that she had moved away

hurriedly replied, "No. That's

tried to protect Jessi. They all knew about what happened in the past few days, especially how Elaine continued to persist

collapsed, Jessi was the one who

are you going to explain that you're trying to escape from

to come up with something, but the fatigue was still too much

energy, pressuring Elaine. "Don't tell me.

this anyway, so why would she hold back in the last phase of

her! No commoner dared to refuse the order of a noble! A

not by her words, but by her voice. The more she spoke, the more her voice was shaking. It was clear that she didn't mean it. In fact, she said

the ground, applying more pressure. His eyes were now

mouthful of blood as the pressure was crushing down on her body. The road underneath her started to crack. Yet Elaine still raised her head, glaring at

Her body was giving up. She persisted for a few seconds, but her

pulled out his

were trying to look away

appeared and kneeled next to Elaine. "My Lord! Please

her while saying, "Are you

Jessi answered without

fell silent for a moment

right to live. Just like how I, a lowly prostitute, am able

of this territory. They will think that

into fists. "I… don't want the Lord, whom I admire so much, to live in the dark, ruthless world. You are the Lord the people need because you are kind, you help all of us. I don't want my lord to be known

her determined expression before glancing at the others. "Do you think the same? After all, all of you are the ones impacted the most.

not knowing what to do. Jessi was saying what they wanted to

kneeled in front of Noel. He was the kid who

several people falling to their knees, making the parents wonder if they should

suffering in the past few days and how she remained still no matter what happened

she wanted to atone for her

kneeling on the ground, begging

if he were contemplating whether

Noel finally sheathed his

be under you for now. See whether she is

Rose nodded and turned around. "Bring her

With this decision, they felt a bit relieved since they should be spared from any punishment as well because of